A new Los Angeles County report (pdf) identifies a significant rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, but critics say the crimes may not be race-motivated. The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations released a statement Oct. 20 showing a total of 44 anti-Asian crimes reported in 2020—a 76 percent increase from the previous year’s data….
Asian Americans Question LA County Report on Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Maryland Awards $3 Million to Combat Hate Crimes
More than 30 organizations and religious institutions are being awarded grant funding to combat hate crimes, Gov. Larry Hogan announced late Tuesday. “Hate, bigotry, or racism of any kind is un-American, unacceptable, and wrong,” Hogan said in a news release. That state is providing $3 million in funding through the Protecting Against Hate Crimes program…
Do We Really Need Hate Crime Laws?
Commentary Love and hate: the two most prevalent human emotions. Every human on the planet, save those afflicted with serious mental health issues, has experienced these feelings. They cannot be legislated and neither emotion is in itself considered to be a crime. It is what some people do with their hate that is the problem….
Trial in Ahmaud Arbery Slaying Set by Judge for February
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A federal judge has scheduled an early 2022 trial for three Georgia men charged with hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood issued a written order Tuesday setting jury selection to begin Feb. 7 at the federal courthouse in the coastal city of Brunswick. That’s just a…
Biden Signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill Into Law
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that overwhelmingly passed Congress in a rare show of bipartisanship. “Silence is complicity and we cannot be complicit. We have to speak out. We have to act,” Biden told lawmakers. “That’s what you’ve done. And I can’t thank you enough. I’m proud…
Orange County Officials Discuss Criminal Consequences of the Pandemic
March 26, 2021
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to a rise in unemployment fraud and hate crimes, Orange County elected officials say. Right now, Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud is one of the largest challenges the state is facing, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer and Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine) said during a March 26 virtual town hall….
Orange County House Members Introduce Resolution to Condemn Anti-Asian Hate Crime
February 25, 2021
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Orange County-based House Representatives Michelle Steel and Katie Porter created a bi-partisan resolution Feb. 23 that seeks to condemn “hate, racism, and intolerance against” the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The resolution comes as hate crimes against the demographic have been on the rise in the United States. Steel’s resolution seeks to affirm that the U.S. stands against and denounces all anti-Asian and…
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